Perhaps the biggest story of 2018 in the Pacific was the China factor, with western nations like Australia and the United States apparently racing to outbid and outmanoeuvre Beijing.

Chinese activity was centred on what President Xi Jinping has described as enlarging his circle of friends, by persuading more countries to sign up to his pet project, the infrastructure development strategy known as One Belt, One Road.

A number of island leaders have signed on the dotted line, eager to accept what the Chinese have to offer, but the small print can often be vague, so exactly what have they agreed to?